Feyza Süsal
19 January 2016•Update: 19 January 2016
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey
At least one Turkish soldier was martyred in a PKK terrorist attack in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakir province late Monday.
According to local governmental sources, the incident took place as Turkish troops backed by gendarmerie forces pursued the anti-terror operation in Cevatpasa, Fatihpasa, Dabanoglu, Hasirli, Cemal Yilmaz and Savas neighborhoods of Sur district amid an ongoing curfew since early December.
The soldier was martyred at Diyarbakir Military Hospital after he was severely wounded when PKK terrorists opened fire on security forces.
Two police officers martyred and ten other policemen were also injured in rocket attack
At least two police officers have been martyred in an attack perpetrated by PKK terrorists in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak late Monday.
Police said that PKK terrorists attacked a moving armored police vehicle with rocket launchers.
One police officer was martyred at the scene while another succumbed to his wounds at Sirnak Public Hospital where he was taken to, along with 10 other injured officers.
Turkish security forces have killed 544 PKK terrorists in three districts of southeastern provinces of Diyarbakir and Sirnak since counter-terror operations began in Dec. 15, according to Turkish General Staff's latest statement issued Saturday.
The PKK -- considered a terrorist organization also by the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its 30-year armed attacks against the Turkish state in late July last year.
